17 Zidengendini zeemfama, kanene yintoni na enkulu? Ngaba yigolide leyo, okanye yindlu eyenza ibaluleke loo golide?
18 Kwakhona nithi: ‘Ofunge iqonga lamadini, akunto oko; kodwa ofunge umnikelo ophezu kweqonga, ubotshiwe sisifungo sakhe.’
19 Zimfamandini, ngaba yintoni na enkulu? Ngaba ngumnikelo lowo, okanye liqonga lamadini elenza ubaluleke loo mnikelo?
20 Ngoko ke, othe wafunga iqonga lamadini, ufunga lona kwanako konke okuphezu kwalo;
21 nalowo uthe wafunga indlu kaThixo, ufunga yona kwanalowo iyindlu yakhe.
22 Othe wafunga izulu, ufunga ikomkhulu likaThixo, efunga lowo uphetheyo apho.
23 “Mawoo, nina bachazi-mthetho nani baFarasi, mamenemenendini! Ninikela kuThixo ngesishumi sayo imifuno enjengetyeleba nedile nekumin, kanti niyazityeshela ezona zinto zizizo zomthetho: ubulungisa, inceba, nentembeko. Ezi zinto benimelwe kukuzenza, nithi neziya ningazityesheli.